| Posted by | Message |
CajunAngele 
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5248 posts
| Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:34 pm)
Sen. Rand Paul, heir to his father Rep. Ron Paul's political establishment and following, said Friday that he is thinking about running for president, declaring that only a "libertarian-Republican" can unite the GOP.
Speaking on "The Andrea Tantaros Show with Jason Mattera," which debuted this week, the Kentucky Republican said that while he hasn't ruled a presidential run in 2016 in or out, the GOP is going to have to turn to somebody like him to win enough voters to beat a Democrat.
"We are going to have to have somebody a little bit different than we've had in the past," he told Tantaros on the show that replaced the Laura Ingraham Show on the Talk Radio Network. "Someone who can appeal to people in New England and on the West Coast. Someone who has a little more of a libertarian-Republican approach, I think, would have a better chance with independents and moderates.
"And so we'll think about it."
This week, he took a big step toward having a base to run for the White House by winning a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where he said he will have a voice on international issues.
His first foreign trip in his new role is something of a surprise. He's traveling to Israel and also meeting with officials in Jordan and the West Bank. His father and he have been knocked for being anti-Israel for their opposition to U.S. military aid.
But in the Tantaros-Mattera interview, he broke from his father and said that instead he is worried that foreign aid to Egypt must be blocked because the equipment could end up being used against Israel.
Read more
|
| Back to top | Share on  |
MFn GIMP
LSU Fan
Somerset, Kentucky
Member since Feb 2011
7038 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:35 pm to CajunAngele)
He'd get my support.
|
| Back to top | |
HailHailtoMichigan! 
Michigan Fan
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
5176 posts
 Online
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:35 pm to CajunAngele)
He'd lose 1964 style though. The democrats will demagogue the hell out of his views, using fear to scare the American people.
|
| Back to top | |
HempHead 
Alabama Fan
Appalachia
Member since Mar 2011
10139 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:35 pm to CajunAngele)
I would consider voting for him, depending on where I live at the time and how he votes over the next three years.
quote:
Sen. Rand Paul, heir to his father Rep. Ron Paul's political establishment and following
He is definitely not the heir to Paul's 'establishment', at least in the eyes of the members of said establishment.
This post was edited on 1/6 at 2:38 pm
|
| Back to top | |
CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5248 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:39 pm to MFn GIMP)
I may be wrong but I don't think he is near as nutty as his dad all around and especially on foreign policy.
He does not get enough credit overall. I heard him speak and he is brilliant.
|
| Back to top | |
shawnlsu
LSU Fan
Member since Nov 2011
3941 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:40 pm to CajunAngele)
Just about anyone other than a spineless republican or any democrat would get my vote at this point.
His first trip is to Isreal.....interdasting, I wonder if Hilary will pull some strings to have him "assasinated" while he is there. Bet your arse the Dems don't need or want anyone that could possibly open the American eyes.
|
| Back to top | |
jamboybarry
LSU Fan
Rill talk
Member since Feb 2011
8314 posts
Online
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:42 pm to CajunAngele)
I'd drive bus loads of Somalis to the polls all day long for Paul
|
| Back to top | |
CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5248 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:45 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!)
I think when Santorum,Newt the penquin Pelosi sofa sitter, probably Romney again  Palin in her dumbass bus,PawPaw, all line up again- Rand Paul will look damned good.
I wish Jon Voight would run for President and pick West as a VP. West is brilliant and loathed by the left so I like him. Susana Martinez and Nikki Haley will probably run.
|
| Back to top | |
SmackoverHawg 
Arkansas Fan
Member since Oct 2011
5859 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 2:46 pm to jamboybarry)
quote:
I'd drive bus loads of Somalis to the polls all day long for Paul
This!!! I would find all voters with my name and vote early for them too!!!!  I would disable the transportation of every dem I know. I would have a party giving out free menthol cigs and koolaid on voting day. It would be located well away from voting places and would last until the polls closed.
|
| Back to top | |
Zach
LSU Fan
Member since May 2005
55471 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:34 pm to CajunAngele)
He's got my vote. Hell, I'll even send him a check.
|
| Back to top | |
kingbob
LSU Fan
St. Amant, LA
Member since Nov 2010
9009 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:36 pm to Zach)
quote:
He's got my vote. Hell, I'll even send him a check.
I might even join his campaign.
|
| Back to top | |
HailHailtoMichigan!
Michigan Fan
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
5176 posts
Online
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:37 pm to CajunAngele)
The question is: could be beat her? He certainly appeals to hardworking factory folks in the rust belt far more than she does.
|
| Back to top | |
Layabout 
UNO Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
4478 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:38 pm to CajunAngele)
The electorate is too smart to buy into the libertarian vision of utopia like the members of this board do.
|
| Back to top | |
HempHead
Alabama Fan
Appalachia
Member since Mar 2011
10139 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:40 pm to Layabout)
quote:
The electorate is too smart to buy into the libertarian vision of utopia like the members of this board do
What utopias are libertarians selling?
ETA: I am especially keen to hear what kind of utopias that moral/rights-based libertarians are selling.
This post was edited on 1/6 at 3:47 pm
|
| Back to top | |
TheDoc 
USA Fan
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2005
88329 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:42 pm to Layabout)
quote:
libertarian vision of utopia
Please, tell me what this utopia is
|
| Back to top | |
Zach
LSU Fan
Member since May 2005
55471 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:42 pm to Layabout)
Libertarians aren't selling utopia. We're selling reality.
|
| Back to top | |
CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5248 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 3:58 pm to TheDoc)
The utopia is anyone but a dem or pub.
|
| Back to top | |
RogerTheShrubber
LSU Fan
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
72094 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 4:00 pm to CajunAngele)
quote:
I may be wrong but I don't think he is near as nutty as his dad all around and especially on foreign policy.
I wouldn't call protecting our borders and ending foreign welfare to be nutty. But big government types would, I suppose.
|
| Back to top | |
G Love
LSU Fan
Denver, CO.
Member since Jan 2011
417 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 4:03 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
Good. We need more comedians to lose to Hillary.
|
| Back to top | |
CajunAngele
LSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
5248 posts
| re: Rand Paul: I'm thinking about a presidential bid (Posted on 1/6/13 at 4:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
I know from a bunch of RonPaul Bots that RPaul thinks 911 was an inside job and does not even think we should have fought Hitler.
Rand Paul is not this nutty.
|
| Back to top | |
